CVE-2012-4585

Severity

40%

Complexity

80%

Confidentiality

48%

McAfee Email and Web Security (EWS) 5.x before 5.5 Patch 6 and 5.6 before Patch 3, and McAfee Email Gateway (MEG) 7.0 before Patch 1, allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a crafted URL.

McAfee Email and Web Security (EWS) 5.x before 5.5 Patch 6 and 5.6 before Patch 3, and McAfee Email Gateway (MEG) 7.0 before Patch 1, allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a crafted URL.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N).

Overview

Type

McAfee Email

First reported 12 years ago

2012-08-22 10:42:00

Last updated 12 years ago

2012-11-20 04:49:00

Affected Software

McAfee Email and Web Security 5.0

5.0

McAfee Email and Web Security 5.5

5.5

McAfee Email and Web Security 5.6

5.6

McAfee Email Gateway 7.0

7.0

References

20120329 NGS00158 Patch Notification: McAfee Email and Web Security Appliance v5.6 - Arbitrary file download is possible with a crafted URL when logged in as any user

https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10020

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